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 Coleonema pulchrum 'Aurea' (Golden Diosma)
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Coleonema is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rhamnaceae. The eight known species are all from the western Cape Province of South Africa. In Australia, where they are cultivated as garden ornamentals, they are often incorrectly referred to as Diosma.[1]
Species include:
- Coleonema album (Thunb.) Bartl. & J.C. Wendl. Cape May, white confetti bush, aasbossie, klipboegoe[2]
- Coleonema aspalathoides Juss. ex Don, confetti bush[3]
- Coleonema calycinum (Steud.) I.Williams confetti bush, broom buchu, boegoe[4]
- Coleonema pulchellum I.Williams confetti bush, buchu[5]
- Coleonema pulchrum
- Coleonema virgatum
References
- ^ Page Susan and Olds Margaret (managing editors) (1997). Botanica, The illustrated A-Z of over 10,000 garden plants and how to cultivate them. Random House Australia, p.245. ISBN 0-09-183201-2.
- ^ "Coleonema album". PlantZAfrica.com. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
- ^ "Coleonema spalathoides". PlantZAfrica.com. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
- ^ "Coleonema calycinum". PlantZAfrica.com. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
- ^ "Coleonema pulchellum". PlantZAfrica.com. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
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